CIHM 
Microfiche 
Series 
(IMonographs) 


ICIMH 

Collection  de 
microfiches 
(monographies) 


Canadian  Instituta  for  Historical  MIcroraproductiont  /  Institut  Canadian  da  microraproduction.  historlquat 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes  /  Notes  techniques  et  bibllographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best  original 
copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this  copy  which 
may  be  bibliographically  unique,  which  may  alter  any  of 
the  images  in  the  reproduction,  or  which  may 
significantly  change  the  usual  method  of  filming  are 
checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers  / 
Couverture  de  couleur 


□   Covers  damaged  / 
Couverture  endommagde 

□   Covers  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  pellicul^e 

Cover  title  missing  /  Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

Coloured  maps  /  Cartes  g6ographiques  en  couleur 

n^f  Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)  / 
I — I   Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

□   Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations  / 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material  / 
Reli6  avec  d'autres  documents 

Only  edition  available  / 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion  along 
interior  margin  /  La  reliure  serr^e  peut  causer  de 
I'ombre  ou  de  la  distorsion  le  long  de  la  marge 
int^rieure. 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restorations  may  appear 
within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these  have  been 
omitted  from  filming  /  II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages 
blanches  ajout^es  lors  d'une  restauration 
apparaissent  dans  le  texte,  mais,  lorsque  cela  6tait 
possible,  ces  pages  n'ont  pas  6t6  film^es. 

Additional  comments  / 
Commentaires  suppl6mentaires: 


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L'Institut  a  microfilm6  le  meilleur  exemplaire  qu'il  lui  a 
6\6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details  de  cet  exem- 
plaire qui  sont  peut-6tre  uniques  du  point  de  vue  bibli- 
ographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier  une  image  reproduite, 
ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une  modification  dans  la  m^tho- 
de  normale  de  filmage  sont  indiqu^s  ci-dessous. 

I     I  Coloured  pages  /  Pages  de  couleur 

I I  Pages  damaged  /  Pages  endommag6es 

□  Pages  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Pages  restaur^es  et/ou  pellicul^es 

0  Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed  / 
Pages  d^olor^s,  tachetdes  ou  piqu^es 

I      I  Pages  detached  /  Pages  d6tach6es 

I  y\  Showthrough  /  Transparence 

□   Quality  of  print  varies  / 
Quality  in^gale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  material  / 
Comprend  du  materiel  suppl^mentaire 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata  slips, 
tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to  ensure  the  best 
possible  image  /  Les  pages  totalement  ou 
partiellement  obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une 
pelure,  etc.,  ont  6t6  film6es  k  nouveau  de  fapon  k 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 

Opposing  pages  with  varying  colouration  or 
discolourations  are  filmed  twice  to  ensure  the  best 
possible  image  /  Les  pages  s'opposant  ayant  des 
colorations  variables  ou  des  decolorations  sont 
film6es  deux  fois  afin  d'obtenir  la  meilleure  image 
possible. 


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This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checlted  below  / 

Ce  document  eat  filme  au  taux  de  reduction  indique  ci-deaaoui. 


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Th«  copy  filmed  h«r«  has  b««n  reproduced  thanks 
to  tha  ganaroaity  of: 

Stauffer  Library 
Queen's  University 

The  imagas  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  apecifications. 


L'exemplaira  filmA  fut  raproduit  grica  i  la 
ginirositA  da: 

Stauffer  Library 
Queen's  University 

Las  images  suivantes  ont  At*  reproduites  avec  la 
plus  grand  soin.  compte  tenu  da  la  condition  et 
de  la  nenet*  de  Texemplaire  film*,  et  en 
conformit*  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  »t9  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
sion.  or  tha  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copiea  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
aion.  and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  imprasaion. 


The  laat  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appliea. 


Las  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimis  sont  film*s  en  commencant 
par  la  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
darniire  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Tous  las  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmis  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impreaaion     j  d'illustration  et  en  t*rminant  par 
la  darni*re  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  dea  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
darniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  Is  symbols  ^^^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Mapa.  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  tha 
method: 


Lea  eartaa.  planches,  tableaux,  etc..  pauvent  fttre 
film*s  *  des  taux  de  reduction  diff*rents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  etre 
reproduit  en  un  aeul  clich*.  il  est  film*  *  partir 
de  Tangle  sup*rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droits. 
et  de  haut  en  bas.  an  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n*cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrant  la  m*thode. 


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THE  CUP  OF  CIVILIZATION 


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THE  CUP  OF  CIVILIZATION 


From 

•SONGS  OF   IHi:  UNIVERSE" 

By  Ray  Lewis 


F^ditPiJ  bv  isadore  Bcrntlein 


HUDUSHED  BY  McCONNF.LL  &  CONNOR 
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The    Cup    of   Civilization 


THE  CUP  OF  CIVILIZATION 


War!     War?     War! 

Now  ihall  we  taste  hot  blood 

Poured  into  the  Self-deluded  Cup  of  Civilization. 

War!   War!  War! 

For  men  of  able  bodies 

And  clear  minds 

Play  at  a  game 

Where  life  is  made  the  stakes. 


War,  which  breaks  the  Ten  Commandments; 

War.  which  leaves  the  nation  a  legacy 

Of  maimed  men.  beggars,  widows,  orphans; 

War.  the  Arch-Disorganizer  of  the  home; 

War.  which  sweeps  through  the  land 

Like  a  Destroying  Angel 

Slaying  all  the  First-born; 

War.  which  hurls  us  back 

To  the  savagery  of  barbarism 

And  proves  conclusively 

That  Reason  is  still  an  Infant 

Upon  whose  guidance 

We  place  no  dependence. 


Vhe    Cup    of   Civilisation 


In  the  Cave-age, 
When  man  grieved  man. 
They  came  to  bioMn 
And  he,  who  obtained 
The  firit  throat-clutch. 
Choked  out  the  life 
Of  the  other. 

To  talk  their  grievance  over. 

To  reason  on  a  give  and  take  baii* 

Was  beyond  their  knowledge: 

The  mind  had  not  evolved 

To  that  degree. 

To-day  we  split  the  finest  hairs 

On  Birth.  Growth  and  Death. 

'Till  each  of  us  salaams  and  murmur*. 

"My  brother,  you  are  right; 

Friends  let  us  be, 

Although  we  move  in  opposites." 


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Vhe    Cup    of  ClvlHtalion 


All  lyrtemi  of  philosophy 

Gi\e  riie  to  an  opposing  thought — 

Is  not  a  question  which  involves 

The  life  of  a  nation 

One  which  has  to  do  with  reason's  power  for  dedaion? 

Shall  we  forget  our  menul  growth 

And  look  upon  an  opposite  thought 

As  an  enemy? 

Shall  we  give  no  opportunity  for  defense. 

But,  like  in  Stony  Ages, 

Secretly  attack 

And  hurl  to  death? 


War  is  the  Hound  of  Woe 

Whose  incessant  howling 

Turns  men  deaf  or  mad: 

Whose  open  jaws 

And  blood-stained  lips 

Must  forever  be  filled 

With  bleeding  victims. 

War  sits  like  Cerberus 

At  the  Gates  of  Hell 

Welcoming  the  passing  throng. 

Heed  not  this  wily  deceiver 

Who  opens  wide  die  portals 

To  the  music  of  the  fife  and  drum; 

'1  is  but  to  drown  out  the  cries  of  ravaged  women. 

The  wails  of  infants  tugging  at  dead  breasts. 

The  moaning  of  the  dying  left  alone  at  night 

Upon  the  Battlefield, 

The  blood-curdling  shrieks  of  disembodied  spirits 

Seeking  for  their  bodies. 

Not  knowing  yet  tha^  they  are  dead. 


The    Cup   of  Ci^tiUMation 


Over  the  Water*  of  Night 

Charon  come*  in  hit  boat; 

Upon  the  prow 

Grim  the  Death-head 

And  picking  out  our  itronge^t  men 

From  whom  the  Soul  of  Good  Judgr.  ent 

Hat  momentarily  departed. 

Leaving  them  living  yet  dead. 

He  tteen  them  to  the  Scene  of  War 

Centered  in  the  Heart  of  Hell. 

Here  man  kills  nun  without  reason. 

Even  without  Pauion's  Excuse 

And  Pluto,  gathering  up  their  soub. 

Builds  for  himself 

A  greater  Kingdom  of  Darkness. 


"Che    Cup    of   Ci\>ilization 


Look!  look!  beyond,  beyond; 

The  heaped  up  bodies  of  the  dead 

Being  burnt 

To  kill  the  pestilence 

Of  stinking  flesh. 

Look!  look!  beyond,  beyond; 

The  trench  into  which  is  thrown 

A  huddled  mass 

With  staring  eyes. 

Swollen  lips. 

Shattered  arms — 

Arms  that  once  enfolded  us. 

Lips  that  yesterday  we  kissed; 

Husband,  child,  lover; 

Each  vein  of  our  beloved  one 

We  treasured; 

And  strove  ever  to  guard 

With  jealous  care 

That  body  from  all  harm. 

War  makes  of  men 

Clods  of  earth 

And  uses  them 

To  stuff  the  gaping  wounds 

Which  cannons  tear  in  nature. 


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'Vhe    Cup    of   Ci\>ilization 


Oh.  shall  there  never  be  an  end  of  war! 

Shall  we,  created  in  the  Image  of  The  Lord, 

Forget  our  destiny 

And  tear  and  tear  and  tear 

The  precious  Fabric  of  Creation? 

Shall  Lucifer  indeed  laugh 

In  the  Face  of  God  and  say, 

"Thou  badest  me  to  instruct  the  angels 

To  descend  within  the  Form  of  Man 

And  I  disobeyed; 

Was  1  not  right? 

See  how  they  rend  each  other's  flesh — 

The  flesh  that  Thou  didst  build 

Out  of  Thine  Infinite  Love 

And  with  Thine  Infinite  Care. 

Wouldst  Thou  redeem  these  forms 

Made  murderous  by  Man, 

Place  them  amongst  Thy  Chosen  Ones 

Who  give  Thee  praise 

And  know  not  disobedience? 

Dear  Lord,  uplift  me  from  mine  fallen  state. 

They  are  not  worthy  that  Lucifer. 

Who  was  one  of  Thy  Mightest  Servants. 

Should  be  so  punished." 


'Uhe    Cup    of    C ivilizaiion 


And  the  Lord  said, 

"Be  still;  be  still; 
Banished  from  Mine  Glory 
Shalt  thou  remain.  Oh  Lucifer. 
Until  War  shall  cease 
And  all  forms  return 
Through   Peace  and   Love 
Into  My  Bosom. 
Be  still;  be  still; 
I  gave  them  birth, 
I,  The  God  of  Gods. 
I  love  Man  more  than  all  Mine  Angels 
Vi'hen  he  shows  righteousness ; 
For  My  Heavenlv  ChiLren 
Have  not  known  temptation. 
I  have  said, 
'Not  one  shall  be  lost! 
For  they  v^•ho  are  Destroyers 
Shall  leather  up  the  Broken  Particles 
Of  Many  Worlds 
And  set  them  whole  before  Me.'  " 
And  Lucifer  drew  his  cloak  over  his  face 
That  he  mi'^ht  not  perish 
In  That  Great  Light 

And  turning  from    The  Throne  of  Compassion 
He  cried.   "Oh.   Man!  Man!   Man! 
W  hen  will  vou  cease  to  add 
1  he  Fuel  of  War  to  my  Fires; 
Oh  Peace!     Peace!    Peace! 
T'Aen  I,  Lucifer, 
Am  wear>-  of  Hell." 


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